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Murshīdābād (Makhṣūṣābād اباد مقصوص ) Mint

Coins were issued from the Murshīdābād (مرشد اباد) mint by:

Moghuls		Aurangzeb – Makhṣūṣābād
		Aurangzeb – Murshīdābād
		Shāh ‘Ālam I
		Jahāndār
		Farrukh-Siyar
		Rafi al Darjāt
		Shāh Jahān II
		Muḥammad Shāh
Moghul Contemporaries	Durrānīs	Nādir Shāh
	Bengal Nawābs	Aḥmad Shāh
		Ālamgīr II
		Shāh ‘Ālam II
Europeans	Bengal Presidency	British

History

Moghuls

See: Ashok Dudhoria & Nicholas Rhodes – Paper in writing, Nelson Wright,

French

The following from Jan Lingen

Chandernagore.
En 1738, Dupleix, alors gouverneur à Chandernagor, obtint le privilège de frapper monnaie en Bengale. Un mémoire date de Casimsimbazar, le 18 mars 1739, rend compte de la fonte, à la Monnaie de Moxoudabat (Mûrchidâbad), de 1,000 piastres envoyées par la Conseil supéreur de Pondichéry pour être converties en roupies.Ces roupies sont au nom de Mûhammad Châh, et portent: Frapée à Mûrshidâbad, la 21e année du règne, 1151 (1739). Le different monétaire est une fleur de jasmin.

Translation:In 1738 Dupleix, Governor at Chandernagore, obtained the privilege of coining money in Bengal. A Casimsimbazar memorandum, dated March 18, 1739, reflects the melting of 1,000 dollars sent by Superior Council of Pondicherry to be converted at the mint of Moxoudabat (Mûrchidâbad) into rupees.These rupees are in the name of Muhammad Shah, and bear: Srtuck in Murshidabad, the 21st year of the reign, 1151 (1739). The money shows a different jasmine flower.

This does not show that the French struck coins at Murshīdābād. Merely that the Nawāb struck coins for them, as he did for other European powers.

Under British Control

See: Stevens for detailed discussion; also Extracts from Pridmore; also Extracts from IOR; also Murshīdābād Letters